After that, Sakuragi avoided me for a few days, and I tried to avoid going to the gym to show up. In the middle, Yohei came over to ask me how I was doing, but he stopped talking when he saw my wry smile.

This went on until the day of the first round.

Patting my cheeks, I cheered up, put on the support uniform with Sakuragi's head on it, and headed to the city gymnasium.

Sakuragi, who was practicing, obviously didn't expect me to come. When I sat in the first row of seats for me, Yohei dropped the ball in his hand, and he was inevitably scolded by captain Akagi.

I secretly encouraged myself and cheered for him loudly as usual.

Sakuragi paused when he heard my voice, then turned his head slowly, and gave me a big smile, with a V letter of victory in his left hand.

I covered my mouth, feeling my eye sockets were hot, obviously not a crybaby, but I couldn't control it.

This is the first game in Xiangbei, and everyone is ready for it, with an amazing momentum.

There was no Sakuragi in the starting team. He sat in the reserve seats with Rukawa and two other seniors. It was said that he was punished for fighting.

Captain Akagi was the only one on the field who seemed powerless to take the lead alone, and soon Xiangbei fell behind with a score of 4:16.

I looked at the naive coach off the court and couldn't understand why he was so calm and didn't change players until now, isn't he afraid of losing?

At the same time, Miuradai's arrogance became more and more arrogant, and their leader shouted at Akagi:

"Hahaha! Akagi, see! Even if Xiangbei and Lingnan are inseparable, they are not our opponents! On the stage of the national competition this year, the one who will defeat Hainan will be us Miuradai! Miuratai and Lingnan are the same no the same!"

Lingnan...I thought of the playboy with the sky-high hairstyle.

Before Akagi delivered the goods, there was a burst of shouting from the auditorium——

"Akagi, what are you doing!"

"That pig god broke you! Tell Rukawa Feng to come out!"

"We are much better at repairing things like Miuradai!"

Among them, I saw the smiling Xian Dao Zhang, a member of the Lingnan basketball team, no wonder he was so angry.

At this time, Miuradai began to narrow the line of defense, and the three of them outflanked Captain Akagi in the restricted area.

Even from the perspective of a layman like me, I know that they are strictly guarding against Akagi alone. The situation in Xiangbei is very bad, and the score has been widened again and again.

Unlike Miuradai's winning ticket, everyone on Xiangbei's side became nervous, and their eyes were focused on the coach who was smiling all the way.

Finally, the Maitreya-like coach pushed his glasses and announced the substitution.

I couldn't help bursting into cheers with Yohei and the others.

"Hahaha, the God of Victory is here!" Sakuragi pointed his finger upwards, showing us a winning gesture.

With their appearance, the atmosphere in Xiangbei changed from lifeless to lively. People in the auditorium were discussing who they didn't know who the red-headed boy they had never seen before.

Wait, then.I thought to myself, Sakuragi will surprise you.

Miyagi-senpai is short in stature but has superb speed. He nimbly shuttles around the court, quickly bypasses the opponent's players, and passes the ball to No. 14 with a backhand.

No. 14 received the ball almost without hesitation, took off, shot, and the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell into the net.

pretty!I couldn't help standing up and applauding.

The people behind shouted: "Mitsui, it's Mitsui from Takeishi!" Then one after another, people began to cheer him on.

The one-sided call for Miuradai began to tilt towards Xiangbei.

At this moment, my face was frozen, and I reached out to touch a can of drink, and holding the drink was a pair of white and slender hands, and then there were strong arms, a broad chest, and... the face of a playboy.

"Senior Xiandao, why are you here?"

"Of course I came to watch the game." He squeezed to sit next to me.

"I know that, shouldn't you sit with your teammates?"

"They see each other every day, even for leisure, it's not too painful. Besides, Qianhe-chan is here, where else can I go."

I moved my butt awkwardly, "Please stop joking."

"Who said I was joking."

"I don't think it's funny at all."

"Well, it's not funny, it's cute."

After several verbal battles, I was defeated without any suspense.

Xiandao looked down at my clothes and raised his eyebrows, "I always thought you liked Rukawa too, but I didn't expect it to be Sakuragi."

"Is it strange?"

"No, it's cute."

"Again..." I muttered, "Playboy."

Xiandao tilted his head, "I always feel that Chizuru-chan is prejudiced against me."

It's not prejudice, it's a correct understanding of the essence under your good-looking skin.

It happened that Sakuragi was making free throws, so I quickly changed the topic, "Look, Sakuragi is going to show his strength."

……

long wait.

The referee whistled, "5-second violation!"

I explained to Xiandao: "Sakuragi is playing for the first time, so he is nervous."

The second ball, the shot is very fast, but the movement...is exactly the same as throwing a discus.

Xiandao said with a low smile, "Are you nervous again?"

I cover my face, please let me be quiet.

In the following time, Sakuragi couldn't touch the ball, and Rukawa almost dominated the game alone, becoming the scoring leader of the audience.

"The guy who loves to show!"

"The guy who loves present..."

My voice and Xiandao's voice sounded at the same time, but the tone was completely different.

Looking at each other, I seem to have found a revolutionary companion.

"You also think that guy Rukawa is very pushy!"

"Well, he's not good at cooperating."

"That's right, the guy who doesn't fit in, he is reluctant to pass the ball to Sakuragi."

"puff--!"

Sendou put his fist to his chin and laughed.

I thought he was laughing at Rukawa, and said beside him that Rukawa must be unable to cooperate because of his poor game skills. It wasn't until his tears stopped laughing that I realized that he was actually laughing at me.

Cheeks puffed up, our little revolutionary friendship was shattered by my unilateral announcement.

Later, no matter how Xiandao comforted and apologized, I didn't plan to talk to him anymore.

In the end, Shohoku easily won the game 114-51. Sakuragi's first game record was zero points, and he became a well-known figure with 16 fouls in 5 minutes of the second half.

Afterwards, Shonhoku went straight to the fifth round. Unfortunately, in the next three rounds, Sakuragi's performance was the same as the first game, with zero points and an early foul.

I wrote down these data in the notebook and I sighed faintly. Both Sakuragi and I still have a long way to go.

The author has something to say:

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like